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Linux 2.6.38 Kernel Released

Phoronix: Linux 2.6.38 Kernel Released

Just as expected, Linus Torvalds released the Linux 2.6.38 kernel over the night. Since the previous Linux 2.6.38-rc8 release there's been some Btrfs file-system updates and other regression fixes throughout, including two fixes for my AMD Fusion Linux problems. Over the Linux 2.6.37 kernel, there's a lot to be found and to enjoy about this new kernel...

When I first saw news about compressed filesystem in Btrfs and I read it was done with the zlib the first thing I thought was: Why the hell zlib and not LZO? It doesn't make any sense for most uses of a filesystem, except on some really big fat servers. But LZO makes sense everywhere. It's waaay faster and it's compression ratio is very good.